Are cracks appearing in Opposition Parties' rhetoric? Both the LDs and SNP are hinting they might back at December election. So, I headed back to the Commons in great anticipation of something happening this week. The Government had already announced that it would put an election motion to the House for the third time today. Before that there were two Statements and I attended both.The first was an update on the appalling tragedy in Essex which saw 39 migrants dying in the back of a refrigerated lorry. The Home Secretary told MPs that the investigation would take a long time. The lorry driver, Maurice Robinson, aged 25, appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates Court today via video link and was remanded in custody. Three more people have been arrested and released on bail in connection with this tragedy. I did catch the Speaker's eye and asked the Home Secretary whether she agreed that one way of deterring migrants from risking their lives in this way was to strengthen borders rather than weaken them. I also asked whether we could have more officials for Portland Port, a point that our Police & Crime Commissioner has raised on more than one occasion. The next statement was about mobile connectivity in rural parts of the country, and naturally Dorset fits that description very well indeed. The new unitary authority has already submitted bids for funding and I lobbied the minister further, as you might imagine. The PM then moved his motion for an early election, calling on Labour to stop running away from voters. The debate lasted for 90 minutes at the end of which we voted. To win his motion, the PM needed the support of two-thirds of MPs, and we knew beforehand that that was unlikely, and so it proved. Later in the day, the Government announced that it would be putting a simple Bill before the House tomorrow, which would bypass the Fixed Term Parliament Act. We shall have to wait and see. Then, in the three hours remaining, MPs debated the Second Reading of the Environment Bill. Due to the large number of speakers, we were told each MP would only have four minutes. I headed back to my office and worked through a full in-tray.